The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Dear Dag Boys: Please Don't Make Me Tweet

    By Orlando on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 9:50pm | Humor & Satire

    Dear Dag Boys:

    I am writing to express my concern with a new development that has very recently come to my attention. I am referring, of course, to the invitation for readers to follow Dagblog on Twitter. 

    Being, as I am, ever so slightly behind the curve when it comes to internet advancements, I write to suggest--nay, implore--that you not require your bloggers to in any way engage in this new endeavor.

    I believe that, should you make the tweeting an imperative, I would be able to master the techology. However, I simply do not want to.

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    Teabagging

    By DF on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 10:29pm | Politics

    Well, it just so happens that your boy, DF, was able to move some things around and get down to the mass teabagging that took place on the steps of California's Capitol Building in Sacramento.  Fox News had dispatched Big, Bad, Business-Is-My-Business Anchor, Neil Cavuto, and Lesser Blogosphere Harpy, Michelle Malkin.  I took a bunch of pictures at the event.  Sadly, these pictures were taken with my phone and aren't the best quality, but hopefully they will provide a sample of the flavor of the afternoon.

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    Civil War Redux? Glenn Beck Talks Secession

    By Orlando on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 3:58pm | Politics

    Steve Benen over at the Washington Monthly has an interesting piece today about some remarks that Glenn Beck has been making. Beck is apparently of a mind that the founding fathers would support state secession if the federal government were committing suicide, whatever that means.

    Now, I happen to agree that we should not follow our leaders like lemmings. But I also happen to be fond, perhaps to a fault, of sound reasoning.

    Exhibit A:

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    How to Break Up with Your Girlfriend

    By Michael Wolraich on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 3:45pm | Humor & Satire, Personal

    My girlfriend sent this to me. Do you think it's a hint? Pretty funny in any case.

    More animations at Tales of Mere Existence.

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    Prices Fall, Deflation Looms

    By Michael Wolraich on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 10:13am | Business

    U.S. consumer prices fell unexpectedly in March and recorded their first annual drop since 1955, government data showed on Wednesday, as slumping demand pushed down energy and food costs. [Reuters]

    Falling prices? It's like a national fire-sale. What's not to like?

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    Breaking Up with New York City

    By Michael Wolraich on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 5:53pm | Personal

    When we last left our hero, he was pitifully angsting about whether to leave his home of New York City. Many readers have demanded to know what he decided. OK, no one has actually demanded, but that won't stop him from sharing, nor from referring to himself in the third person.

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    Baby Boom Goes the Dynamite: The Generation's Lasting Legacy

    By Deadman on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 10:56pm | Politics, Business, Social Justice

    The Baby Boomers have blown it in spectacular fashion.

    For much of the past 20 years, they have been the ones in charge of this country. During that time, they have...

    ... ignored the looming Social Security crisis, which has been simmering for decades and is now apparently coming to a boiling point much quicker than originally estimated.

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    Woody Harrelson Invokes Zombie Defense

    By Michael Wolraich on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 10:13pm | Humor & Satire

    After breaking the camera of an aggressive paparazzo who was photographing him with his daughter, Woody Harrelson explained that he mistook the photographer for a zombie:

    "I wrapped a movie called 'Zombieland,' in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character. With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie."

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    BREAKING: First Dog

    By Michael Wolraich on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 1:33pm | Politics

    Under relentless media pressure after weeks of foot-dragging, the Obama Administration finally selected a nominee for a top government post: First Dog.

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    Bankers Want Out of Bailout Conditions

    By Michael Wolraich on Sat, 04/11/2009 - 2:12pm | Politics, Business

    Banks are chafing under Federal bailout terms, according to today's New York Times. Fearing that they will be forced to sell off toxic assets and curtail executive compensation, some banks are trying to return bailout money. But there's a catch. In order to receive the bailout loans, the banks had to grant the Federal Government stock warrants. The warrants give the Federal Government the option to buy stock in the company at a specified price.

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